- Aquamarine: [eating Ben and Jerry ice cream] Who needs Raymond? I found two new men to love... Their names are Ben and Jerry!
- Hailey: He's totally into you! This doesn't make sense!
- Aquamarine: Bullshark! Forget it! I'm going home!
- [rushes off to beach]
- Claire: Aqua, no! Wait!
- Raymond: Are you always so sure of yourself?
- Aquamarine: Yes.
- Raymond: It's nice. More people should be like that.
- Aquamarine: Let's go find Raymond!
- [giggles]
- Aquamarine: [she runs off]
- Hailey: Wait! You need shoes!
- Claire: And undies!
- Hailey: And I know there's a reason why everybody wants it so much.
- Aquamarine: And what's that?
- Hailey: It's the closest thing we have to magic.
- Aquamarine: You have to help me make him love me.
- Hailey, Claire: No way!
- Hailey: He's way too popular! You should pick someone else.
- Claire: She's right. I mean, all the girls are after him. Even a few boys.
- Aquamarine: [to Cecilia] I was named Aquamarine after a rare and precious gemstone, whereas... Cecilia translated means "dim-sighted." But your parents know you better than I do.
- Hailey: I just want you to know, if Leonard comes in here and chops us up into a million pieces, that you are totally, completely, and eternally my best friend.
- Claire: You're my best friend, too.
- Hailey: And I broke your ipod.
- [Claire shoves Hailey, then they both start giggling]
- Hailey: [the door opens]
- [Hailey & Claire scream]
- Grandma Maggie: [walks in through the door in a raincoat] What are you girls doing out here in this weather?
- Aquamarine: [about wearing starfish for earrings] They literally give me compliments - in my ear. They talk to me. Starfish are notorious suck-ups. They love to give compliments. But it's nice when you need a little boost.
- Aquamarine: Her dad makes the weather?
- Claire: No, he just reports it.
- Aquamarine: And she's a princess?
- Hailey: No, just a royal bitch.
- Aquamarine: [about seashells] Did you know you can hear the ocean through these? Well, it works both ways. The ocean can hear you, too.
- Aquamarine: [about Claire's parents] Claire, they really loved each other. I don't think they would've wanted you to be afraid of life. I think they would've wanted you to be friends with it.
- Aquamarine: [in mall] HELLO!
- [people stare; Claire tries to hide herself and gives Aquamarine a questioning look]
- Aquamarine: Why go through life unnoticed?
- Raymond: What? What do you want me to tell you?
- Aquamarine: [Kisses him] You can tell me how that makes you feel.
- Hailey: O Gods of hurricanes, makers of thunder and lightning and majestical waves. Useth your power to keep my mom from moving to Austrailia. Maketh her to see the error of her ways, and keepeth us in Baybridge!
- [Grabs popcorn box, picks out a piece, and throws it over her shoulder]
- Hailey: Amen.
- Claire: You're insane!
- Hailey: That's what they tell me!
- [Hailey laughs evilly]
- Hailey: When you find love, I guess it's really beautiful. I mean, that's what I've read in magazines.
- Aquamarine: [excited] First time on land, first time with legs. Can you believe it?.
- Hailey: [sarcastically] Oh, you'd never know.
- [last Lines]
- Starfish earrings: She glows from the inside.
- Hailey: We begin where every girl starts with her first crush - we call him.
- Aquamarine: Call him? What? What?. No, I can't. What am I supposed to say to him?
- Hailey: Nothing. We just call and hang up. We do it all the time.
- Aquamarine: Why?
- Hailey: I don't know. It's just what you do.
- Hailey: Maybe we could wish for something else?
- Claire: Something else, like what, like a new best friend? A new person to tell everything to.
- Hailey: Claire - don't...
- Claire: How could you even think that way?
- Hailey: I mean, maybe we could learn to stand on our own for a change...
- Claire: You mean me don't you.
- Hailey: I mean, I'm not your mom.
- Claire: You think I need you all the time, when the truth is, you're so mad at the world, that nobody but me even wants to talk to you.
- Hailey: Oh, so you're the one who's lived here your whole life. How do you figure I'm your only friend?
- Hailey: [Hailey then goes]
- Claire: [reading a magazine article about flirting tips] This one is called ""Fluff and Retreat: Fluff his ego, then walk away. Not only is he left wanting more, but he's under the impression that it's his idea."
- Storm Banks: And while you're walking to school every day, you can try and figure out why it is you need so much attention!
- Hailey: Okay, did he say "Are you going?" or "Will you go with me?"
- Aquamarine: ...Is there a difference?
- Hailey: Huge.
- Claire: Major!
- Aquamarine: [picks up earrings] Oooo, pretty... and pointy? What am I supposed to do with this? Like, stick it through my skin?
- Claire: Yeah.
- Hailey: That's what you do.
- Aquamarine: Ugh! You're so primitive!
- Aquamarine: I can see we have to take this *slowly.* *Mer... maid.*
- [the two girls squeal uncertainly]
- Aquamarine: Mermaid!
- [tail rises from pool]
- Aquamarine: Fabled marine creature, half woman, half fish, best known for sitting on rocks, staring into mirrors, and *obsessively* combing our long, *beautiful* hair. Blah-blah-blah...
- [goes back underwater]
- Aquamarine: [newly-transformed mermaid is jumping up and down on bed] This is so much fun! Whoo!
- [sits down next to Hailey on bed]
- Aquamarine: I *love* legs!
- Claire: You - you get to keep them?
- Aquamarine: Technically, we can only have legs when the sun's up. And we have to keep them dry. Or, at least, that's what I've heard. I've never had the guts to come out and try 'em.
- Hailey: So this is your first time... ashore?
- Aquamarine: First time on land, first time with legs!
- [laughs merrily]
- Aquamarine: Can you believe it?
- [waves her bare feet about]
- Hailey: Oh, you'd never know.
- Aquamarine: But I gotta be careful. Add a little water, instant tail.
- Aquamarine: [to Raymond] I think I like dancing with you better than... *anything* I've done on feet!